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DISTRICT <br />District 1, generally referred to as City Center, currently encompasses the Civic <br />Center, Ilia Mounds View Square. Shopping Center, several Isolated commercial uses, <br />high density residential development and a vast amount of yet undeveloped land. <br />Mounds View is somewhat unique in that approximately one-quarler of its laid area <br />remains undeveloped, d significant proportion of this land lies within file central <br />core of Ilse community, offering Mounds View Ilia valuable opportunity of creating a <br />strong, vital, Identifying community focal point, which can potentially serve to <br />Integrate and better relate ilia Iwo sections of Ilse City fragmented by Highway 10. <br />In order to serve this function, District 1 should contain a mix of commercial, public, <br />low, medium and (sigh density residential and open space uses. To help ensure that <br />future development is consistent with community goals, the remaining undeveloped <br />land should be developed on a staged, planned unit basis. Development of the area <br />defined by Silver Lake Road, Highway 10 and County Road H-2 should respect Ilse <br />existing natural amenities (vegetative cover) and low land (swamp) areas. Develop- <br />ment should also include provisions for dedication of lard to a pedestrian/bicycle <br />trail system which can lie Ike various elements of file Center together and provide <br />connection to a community -wide system or trails. Vehicular circulation should be <br />developed according to a ring road concept to keep major traffic flow on Ilse periphery <br />of file City Center. Access to Highway 10 should be limited and concentrated. <br />Relative to general Use patterns, commercial and medium density residential develop- <br />ment should be located In proximity to Highway 10, with a decrease in intensity of <br />use occurring outward from Ike highway toward the lower density residential neighbor- J <br />hoods to Ilse soulls and west. The service station to ilia north of Highway 10 and east <br />of Long lake Road should be considered for park land to restore peripheral continuity <br />to Ilse present Civic Center site. The presently vacant parcel between Greenfield <br />Avenue and Jackson Street should be developed as high density residential. As part <br />of the development of this parcel, adequate open space and landscaping should be <br />an integral part of Ilse development scheme. <br />While some commercial development can and should occur south of Highway 10, the <br />major commercial focus should be file existing shopping center. The primary focus <br />of public use should be the Civic Center, with a secondary focus provided by Silver <br />View Pork located south of old highway 10, east of Silver Lake Road. <br />The mixed PUD and medium density PUD properties are constrained with attractive <br />natural features and access limitations to old Highway 10, yet generally undisturbed <br />reldfive to existing development patterns. The PUD approach was utilized In attempt- <br />ing to resolve land use and circulation questions. Tile conceptual circulation system <br />as indicated on page 96, does provide additional access to old Highway 10, though <br />is generally designed to funnel traffic to major streets and does not permit any direct <br />172 <br />I 4/23/R5 <br />